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Movie · 2028

Movie · 2027

David Ellison may have believed Paramount Skydance could have closed the $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery by this point. The deal was blessed by the Justice Department in June (reportedly over the objections of staffers who were reviewing it). It has been officially cleared by the EU, with Paramount agreeing to the relatively minor concession of ending its film distribution partnership with Universal in Europe. Indeed, Ellison and his team at Paramount were so confident they would easily cruise through regulatory approvals that they sweetened their offer for Warner Bros. Discovery with a “ticking fee” provision — which will pay Wbd shareholders 25 cents per quarter for each quarter past Sept. 30, 2026, that Paramount-Warner Bros. doesn’t close. That amounts to about $7 million per day. So if the calendar flips over to Oct. 1 and the Wbd merger is not a done deal, Paramount is looking at shelling out real money. On

Karina Longworth’s podcast “You Must Remember This” returns for its latest season, “The Bisexuals,” on Sept. 15. Over eight episodes, creator and host Longworth will explore the history of bisexuals in the 1900s Hollywood sphere. Beginning with Libby Holman’s rise to stardom in 1920s New York, “The Bisexuals” will also cover her transition to infamy following the scandal of her husband’s murder in the 1930s. The podcast also examines the cultural climate of the 1940s and ‘50s, which held no possibility for a movie star like Montgomery Clift, a member of Holman’s social circle, to be openly queer. By the 1960s, both Holman and Clift were too deeply scarred to benefit from the decade’s social revolutions. “The Bisexuals” will also feature characters like Elizabeth Taylor, Josephine Baker, Billie Holiday, Kane and Paul Bowles, Tallulah Bankhead and Nicholas Ray. “You Must Remember This” was created by former

On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Cover Story segment, Variety’s Angelique Jackson details her time spent with multihyphenate superstar Travis Scott, who comes off a record-setting music tour with a high-profile role in the movie of the moment, Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.” Scott has emerged as a star in the new realm of omnipresent celebrity that is expressed through record-setting music tours, social media, retail brand partnerships across a spectrum of products and companies as giant as McDonald’s as well as a range of business ventures in his hometown of Houston and beyond. One of his next big mountains to climb is getting serious about producing his own movie and TV shows. Scott’s Cactus Jack banner recently struck a first-look deal to develop projects for Paramount Pictures. Scott has a small but significant role in Christopher Nolan’s powerful epic “The Odyssey,” and

Los Angeles production volume fell slightly in the second quarter of 2026, as an increase in state tax incentives has failed to overcome industry headwinds. Shoot days for TV, film and commercials dropped by 3.1% compared to the previous quarter, according to FilmLA, which tracks location permit data for the L.A. region. Films and commercials both dropped, offsetting an increase in TV production for the quarter — though all three categories remain well below historic levels. California more than doubled its support for film and TV production last year in response to the post-strike slump. That increase started to show an effect earlier this year, when production volume ticked up somewhat from the last quarter of 2025, leading to hopes that the industry had “turned a corner.” But while more projects are receiving state subsidies, the overall trend is still down. The report had a few bright spots, including an increase in production days for reality television,

When will we see the impact of the $750 million expansion to the California tax credit for filming in the state? Maybe next quarter. According to the latest numbers from FilmLA, production in Los Angeles was down again this quarter compared to the same period last year, a 12.7 percent decrease from Q2 of 2025. It’s also 35.9 percent down from the 5-year average. In all, it amounted to 4,711 shoot days for the quarter, and it was also a drop from the 5,121 shoot days just last quarter. So when are things going to turn around? FilmLA notes that 170 projects have been granted tax credits as part of the the California Film & TV Tax Credit Program 4.0, including the most recent batch from earlier this month of 41 more feature film projects, including “Disney’s Hexed” and the “Shrek” prequel “Donkey.” The organization says that the majority of these projects are shooting now or are starting very soon,

Christopher Racster is an award-winning producer of LGBTQ+ film and television with more than 25 years of internationally distributed work. He leads Outfest and serves on the board of the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival in Wales, and speaks frequently on LGBTQ+ media and its role in advocacy and public understanding. Ahead of OutfestNEXT this weekend in Los Angeles, Racster looks at an FCC proposal that could harm how queer stories are told. On April 22, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opened an inquiry asking whether the television ratings system should create a new rating or warning for programs with transgender or gender non-binary content. Supporters of the inquiry framed the idea as a way to protect parental authority. After the inquiry opened, more than 40 organizations, including GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign, and Pflag, filed comments against it before the window closed. Supporters’ arguments ran along two lines: that parents and guardians,